Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon (; ; ) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, it joined with the region of Midi-Pyrénées to become Occitania. It comprised five departments, and bordered the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées towards the north, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean Sea towards the south. It was the southernmost region of mainland France.

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Languedoc-Roussillon was a former administrative region in southern France that bordered Spain, Andorra, and the Mediterranean Sea, making it mainland France's southernmost region. In 2016, it merged with the neighboring region of Midi-Pyrénées to form a new region called Occitania.

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Settlement.official_name: Languedoc-Roussillon
Settlement.settlement_type: Region of France
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Languedoc-Roussillon.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 120px
Settlement.image_shield: Arms of the French Region of Languedoc-Roussillon.svg
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Région Languedoc-Roussillon logo.svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_size: 75px
Settlement.image_map: Languedoc-Roussillon in France.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.extinct_title: Dissolved
Settlement.extinct_date: 2016-01-01
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Montpellier
Settlement.parts_type: Departments
Settlement.parts_style: list
Settlement.parts: 5
Settlement.p1: Aude (11)
Settlement.p2: Gard (30)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: region of France
Named after: Roussillon
Official name: Languedoc
Country: France
Located in: metropolitan France
Contains: Gard
Capital: Montpellier
Population: 2729721
Area: 23376
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Auvergne
Image: Château d'eau du Peyrou, Montpellier 02.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Languedoc-Roussillon
Commons category: Languedoc-Roussillon
Commons gallery: Languedoc-Roussillon
replaced by: Occitania
native label: Languedoc-Roussillon
category of associated people: Category:People from Languedoc-Roussillon
language used: Occitan
inception: 1960-06-04
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2015-12-31

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==Toponymy== The first part of the name of the province of Languedoc-Roussillon comes from the French ("language of "), and is also a historical region. In southern France, the word for yes was the Occitan language word . Prior to the 16th century, the central area of France was referred to as , there the word for yes was in Old French, later becoming . These old place names referred to the areas where Occitan and Old French were spoken. The Edict of Villers-Cotterets made French the official national language in 1539. Roussillon was the name of the medieval County of Roussillon.

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